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Sunshine Mine

Past Producer in Gallatin county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019129
MRDS ID DC08730
Record type Site
Current site name Sunshine Mine
Related records 10124017

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.03139, 45.53213 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 10 MILES SOUTH OF BOZEMAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gallatin(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wheeler Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gallatin(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Gallatin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 006E 31 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF HYALITE CREEK, LOCATION APROX IN SEC 31.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.03139, 45.53213
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Highlight Basin (Hyalite)

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner K. Kent
    Home office Bozeman, Mt.
    First year 1968
  • Type Owner
    Owner Wehren
    Home office Bozeman, Mt.
    First year 1968

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. B. M. AND GEOL. BULL. 72, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. BULL. 58, P. 13.

  • Deposit

    GEACH, 1968, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES, MONT BUR OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL 67, P. 12

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 09-18-1969

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE MBMG BULL. 6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPEN PIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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